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GMOA to launch strike tomorrow over allowance cuts unless …
The Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) yesterday (03) warned the government of a countrywide strike unless it restored holiday allowances to the previous level for doctors.
GMOA Secretary Dr. Prabath Sugathadasa emphasised that as the cuts imposed through Budget 2025 weren’t acceptable to the GMOA, the government should take immediate remedial measures and its failure to do so would drive the GMOA to resort to trade union action to win its demands.
Dr. Sugathadasa said that in case the government didn’t respond positively to their demand immediately a strike would be launched tomorrow (05).
The GMOA official said that if the government failed to resolve the issue at hand by 06 March, the government faced a serious challenge in maintaining the public health sector.